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Sentimentality of my heart....
- Jul 20, 2008 at 1:20 AM
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Baby names.... One of the most profound decisions you can ever make in regards to someone else's life......
It is the "choice" of names that either gives people the "wow" factor, the "oooh I don't like that" factor, or maybe it is the "your name sounds so stupid I could kick your ass" factor.
Here I was sitting in the loungeroom with my Mother and Sister when they started talking about my little bellybean's name - Sienna May. Shannon and I had REALLY liked Sienna, even before our son Callum was born. It held that special memory factor with us this time, so we decided to use it for DD in this circumstance. it was the only time we had agreed on a name.
Then it was the choosing of the middle name - May. May is my Mother's middle name. I thought it sounded quite good with Sienna......... UNTIL my Mum and Sister pissed themselves laughing when they said her middle name and last name combined.......... THEN IT SOUNDED F*CKIN GAY!!!!
I cried! Not because they laughed. But because I didn't hear the punchline in her middle and last name until they mentioned it. Honestly, I'm not at liberty and do not want to share her last name for security purposes. But it sounded FREAKIN WEIRD when you combined the middle and last together. So I immediately dropped May as even a chance of getting in.......
AND THEN came the decision - WTF do I give her as a middle name? I thought about it - and liked the name "Marie". Maybe common and very traditional - nothing controversial. But my SO hated it...........
FINALLY 10mins ago a decision was made. Sienna May now becomes:
Sienna Isabel
The title of my post is for a reason..... Tears came to my eyes when I thought of her.
My Best Friend died when she was 16yo of a chronic asthma attack. Her name was Allannah. From all those years ago - she died slap bang on July 19, 1994. It is now one day since the anniversary of her death and I had actually forgotten it........
Until I rang her GrandMother Marion today (the 20th) - I had not talked to her since I was 21. I had repressed the date for so long, until now.
By sheer coincidence and maybe some unconscious intervention, I rang Marion the day after Allannah's death and then realised Sienna is due to be born 3 days after this anniversary.......
Tears just fell and fell. I miss Allannah so much. I didnt talk to her GrandMother for very long. But I could tell she was happy to hear from me. I asked her what Allannah's middle name was - which is "Faye".
Then she said Allannah used to extend her middle name with "Isabella" (which was her GrandMother's middle name). That is when all the puzzle pieces fell into place. I took the A out of it and tweaked the spelling slightly.
The memory of Allannah lives on in Sienna's middle name. And her birthday is no more than 3 days after the death of my special friend......
I love you Allannah - and thankyou for helping me to remember. July 19 and July 22 will always be my special days.
Comments:
Baby names can be so tough. I think that is awesome that you are carrying on your friend's memory thru your new daughter. I wish there was some way to provide words of comfort for the pain you have gone thru in losing your friend. I have never been in that position, so in all honesty, me trying to comfort comes across as cliche or generic.
Sienna Isabel is a gorgeous name and you have put so much thought and emotion into it. Michelle is named after my favorite author's daughter. As for her middle name.....there is no meaning because I was simply trying to find something that would go with Michelle. So, she became Michelle Allison. But I figured I must have done something alright, because she looks like a Michelle to me : )
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Oh that is pretty. I had a horrible time with Audrina's name. She was going to be an Avery, Ava, or mine I couldn't come up with a name, Then one faithful day, i was sitting at individuals home and was watching the Hills and Audrina came on the screen. I was like "IM IN LOVE" with the name that is lol. And bam a few weeks before I gave birth Avery/Ava became Audrina Leia. The name fits her very well. I am very excited for ya. I actually get emotional when people have babies. I love the whole pregnancy and birth. And "May" isn't a bad name, my 3rd baby is Nyla Mae, just spelt different. When I named my kids, I didn't care if they liked the name or not, I named them what ME wanted. But the name your chose is beautiful, I am sure it wil "fit" well with ur little beauty.
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